Danny Steinberg, Professor of English, Surugadai University, Japan
Natalia V Sciarini

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 328 pp

ISBN-10:	0582505755
ISBN-13:	9780582505759

Our Price: £18.99
Status: Instock
Published: 11 Jan 2006

This book is a thorough introduction to psycholinguistics, and shows how the area relates to psychology, linguistics, philosophy and education. It focuses on how young children acquire language and demonstrates how sign language helps us to gain a deeper understanding of the acquisition process. It also explores more complex and challenging topics such as mental grammar and sentence processing and the relationship of language to thought, the brain, society and culture. Other topics include second language acquisition processes, teaching methods and the cognitive impact of bilingualism.

1. First Language Learning by Children

2. The Deaf and Language: Sign, Oral, Written

3. Children Raised in the Wild and Isolation

4. Reading: Fundamental Principles and Teaching

5. Animals and Language Learning

6. The Need for a Theory of Grammar

7. Current Theories of Grammar and Speech Processing

8. Relationship of Language to Thought and Culture

9. Origin of Language Knowledge

10. Language and the Brain

11. Second Language Acquisition

12. Teaching Methods and Bilingualism

• The book is written in an accessible and engaging style for introductory level students
• Although the topics presented are often dealt with in depth and involve current issues issues of research, no specific knowledge of any topic is presupposed on the part of the reader
• Has a strong applied angle and provides insights into second language acquisition, language teaching and problems of bilingualism

• In this new edition the authors propose a radical new theory of grammar – natural grammar – which can account for both speech comprehension and speech production